Integration of Modern Tools as Part of Concurrent Engineering in Mechanical Designs

Abstract:

The modern tools of today's concurrent engineering (CE) based management are a wide array of instruments, plans, software, technical skills, human capabilities and resources. This paper aims to emphasize the benefits of such a system implementation in a business environment based on case studies retrieved from scientific literature and author's personal experience in a private working environment. Constant team sessions, briefs, workshops and brainstorming sessions proved to be very powerful tools for the management teams subjected to these studies in order for them to develop fully stable concurrent teams. The paper also highlights the fact that even from the implementation phase the workflow within the CE offers excellent opportunities for continuous improvements of the system and fine tunings of tools that are correspondent to it. As result, CE proves to be one of the best systems around in terms of efficiency, scalability and of course, results.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 809-810)
• Pages: 1541-1546
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.809-810.1541
• Online since: November 2015
• Authors: Marius Andrei Mihalache*, Gheorghe Nagit, Marius Ionut Ripanu
• Keywords: Concurrent Engineering, Design Tools, Management

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